March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere for March.
March symbols: The birthstones of March are aquamarine and bloodstone. These stones symbolize courage. Its birth flower is the daffodil. The zodiac signs for the month of March are Pisces (until March 20) and Aries (March 21 onwards).
Historical Events for March, 1865
Day of Week 2nd » East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
Day of Week 3rd » Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC called HSBC Group.
Day of Week 4th » The Flags of the Confederate States of America named third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
Day of Week 13th » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
Day of Week 16th » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
Day of Week 18th » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
Day of Week 19th » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
Day of Week 25th » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate States of America Confederate forces temporarily capture Battle of Fort Stedman Fort Stedman from the Union (American Civil War) Union.
Day of Week 29th » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1865
4th » Eduard Vilde, Estonian author and diplomat (d. 1933)
8th » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style (d. 1947)
15th » Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar (d. 1944)
16th » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
19th » William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and educator (d. 1937)
21st » George Owen Squier, American general (d. 1934)